The Bookstore
"The Bookstore" | |
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Seinfeld episode | |
Episode no. | Season 9 Episode 17 |
Directed by | Andy Ackerman |
Story by | Spike Feresten and Darin Henry & Mark Jaffe |
Teleplay by | Spike Feresten |
Production code | 917 |
Original air date | April 9, 1998 |
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"The Bookstore" is the 173rd episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 17th episode for the ninth and final season. It aired on April 9, 1998.[1] In this episode, Jerry catches his Uncle Leo in the act of shoplifting, George is forced to buy a book after he is caught reading it in the bookstore's public bathroom, and Kramer and Newman attempt to start a rickshaw business.
Plot
George takes a book into the bookstore bathroom. The manager says he cannot put it back on a shelf after it has been in the bathroom, forcing George to buy the book. George tries to return it, but the book has been flagged as having been in the bathroom. George tries to donate his book to charity, but even they won't take the marked book. George plans to get even with Brentano's by stealing a copy of the same book and returning it to get his money back. Jerry tries to talk the manager into letting Leo off lightly, but the store is having problems with theft so he needs to "make an example" of someone. Realizing he can sacrifice someone else to save Leo, Jerry rats on George for his attempted shoplifting.
At the annual Peterman party,
Kramer and Newman plan to run a rickshaw service. They interview potential rickshaw pullers; however, one of the candidates steals the rickshaw. Newman and Kramer track it down. Kramer loses the counting-out game to determine who will have to pull it back. When Kramer gets tired pulling Newman in the rickshaw up a hill and sets it down, the rickshaw runs backwards over Zach.
Production
The episode's Jerry story was inspired by a news item the episode's writer, Spike Feresten, saw on TV, about the rampant shoplifting being committed by the elderly.[2]
The
Controversy
In this episode, J. Peterman referred to
References
- ^ "Seinfeld Season 9 Episodes". TV Guide. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- ^ a b c d Seinfeld Season 9: Notes About Nothing - "The Bookstore" (DVD). Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. 2007.
- ^ Seinfeld Season 9: Inside Look - "The Bookstore" (DVD). Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. 2007.
- ^ 'Seinfeld' Edits Out Anti-Asian Joke Archived 2007-10-10 at the Wayback Machine, AsianWeek, July 9–15, 1998
External links
- "The Bookstore" at IMDb